The French Country Travel Life Chateaux History Lesson went down yesterday. And the day before. And you missed it! That is, unless you WERE lucky enough to be here. Because the FrenchCountry Travel Life Chateaux History Lesson only shows it’s Historical face once a year.

It’s official name be “Le Journees Du Patrimone” – literally “The Days of our History.” What’s ab/fab and groovy about this National event, is that the “grand public” (French for: “the common people” – ie – everyone without a black Amex card) get to enter, gawk and take pictures of, all the Chateaux’s, Churches, Government buildings that they normally can only stand outside of to gawk at and/or take ” here is us in front of the Chateaux” snaps.

One of the biggest attractions(where da common folk actually maxed out the reservations both days) was a prison for the criminally insane! Undeniable proof that whoever said : “It takes all kinds to make a world” wasn’t just Whistlin’ Dixie! (or more appropiately here, “Le Marseillaise.”)

Since the The French Country Travel Life Chateaux History Lesson is a heavy duty VISUAL event….let’s cut right to the Historical chase and get down with some rad Patrimoneal Image action: